The Nikon Z 24-200m F4-6.3 is an impressively capable travel zoom for the company’s full-frame and APS-C Z-mount cameras. It doesn’t have a super-fast maximum aperture (it’d be the size of a bazooka if it did, after all), but it turns in really sharp images courtesy of its optical formula and vibration-reduction system that works in-tandem with the stabilizers in the…
Video: Programmer shows it's possible to run a Minecraft server on a Canon EOS SL2 (200D) DSLR
March 5, 2021
We’ve already seen how DOOM can be played on a Kodak digital camera from 1998. It appears though that’s not the only gaming software that can be played on a digital camera. In a recent YouTube video, a programmer that goes under the pseudonym Turtius shows it’s…
Nikon has released NX Studio, a new all-in-one image management and editing program for macOS and Windows computers.
The new program is designed to view, process and edit still photos and video. As Mike Tomkins detailed in our review, NX Studio is effectively the…
Leica announces APO-Summicron-M 35mm F2 ASPH
March 5, 2021
Leica has announced the release of the APO-Summicron-M 35mm F2 ASPH. The compact 35mm F2 is the closest-focusing M-mount lens, with a minimum focus distance of just 30cm (11.8″).
The optical formula of the 35mm F2 includes 10 elements in 5 groups, with 4 aspherical surfaces. Six elements use anomalous partial dispersion glass to help reduce chromatic aberration. The lens has 11 aperture…
Leica Unveils the APO Summicron-M 35mm f/2 ASPH Lens
March 4, 2021
Leica has added to its M-mount lens lineup with the announcement of the APO Summicron-M 35mm f/2 ASPH lens, a “sibling” optic to the APO Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH, and promises to be able to resolve the high megapixel sensors of the present and future.
The 35mmf/2 ASPH…
GuruShots, the “World’s Greatest Photo Game,” has announced the winners of its “At The Beach” challenge, which received thousands of entries and over 53.4 million votes. The “Top Photographer” winner of the contest is Amuhlh of the United States (whose photo is…
How bright should your images be? How should the luminosity levels in your image be balanced? And how do you make sure you get the right exposure to allow you to have the best chance of creating an edit that you love?
Luminosity levels in an image are so important but as photographers, we often forget that black isn’t always black and white isn’t always white. Increasing the shadow brightness…
Nikon has launched NX Studio, a free photo and video editing application that appears to have many features found in Lightroom and Capture One but is tailored specifically to Nikon cameras. The company says that NX Studio enables viewing, processing, and editing of still…
As COVID-19 began spreading through the United States in 2020, Chicago Public Schools, like many school systems around the country, decided to have all of its 350,000 students attend class remotely from home. Chicago-based photographer Ludvig Perés picked up his camera and…
Photographer Chris Fallows grew up in South Africa and has been exposed to wildlife since he was taken on a safari at age two. His father was an amateur wildlife photographer and introduced him to the hobby in his teens.
Fallows started taking it more seriously when he was able to photograph breaching great whites. The sharks have been a passion of Fallows for the last three decades, and he has…
